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U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of Week 7

By Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor -
3 years ago

Every Saturday night during the college football season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina hands out his weekly Big Ten Game Balls. The series is called “U.S. Marines Corps: Leaders of the Week,” and it’s designed to spotlight the Big Ten’s top individual performances. Who took home the honors from Week 7? Find out in this post.

2. Jake Ryan, LB, Michigan: 11 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 1 FF – Ryan was a thorn in the side of Illinois’ offensive attack all day long Saturday. Michigan shut out the struggling Illini, and Ryan was as big of a reason as any for the stout defensive effort, tying a career-high with 11 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss, and adding 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble.

4. Venric Mark, RB Northwestern: 20 car., 182 yards, 2 TD – Mark continued his stellar season, torching Minnesota for a career-high 182 yards and touchdown runs of 26 and 48 yards. The performance was Mark’s fourth 100-yard game of the season, and it helped Northwestern become bowl eligible just seven games into the season.

T-5. Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio State: 22 car, 156 yards, 1 TD; 2 rec., 27 yards, 1 TD – Hyde registered his first career back-to-back 100-yard rushing performances with another impressive stat line at Indiana. One week after breaking out for 140 yards and four touchdowns, both career highs, Hyde went for a new career-high (156 yards).

BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina covers football and men’s basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature “Clothes Call,” which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten arenas and stadiums. Read all of his work here. You can subscribe to Yarina’s RSS feed and follow him on Twitter @BTNBrentYarina.

3 Comments

What did Robinson do yesterday that Miller didn’t do better? The first two spots I can agree with, but Miller clearly had a better day then Robinson

Brent Yarina, BTN.com on 10/14/2012 @ 1:02pm EDT Said:

Robinson did it in far less time. He missed a bit of time early due to injury and Hoke went with reserves for much of the fourth quarter because the game was decided. And when Denard was out there, the big lead kept Michigan from relying on Robinson as much as they normally would. Miller, meanwhile, was in a shootout. Only reason I went the way I did.

Bruce Cameron on 10/14/2012 @ 1:04pm EDT Said:

Good points. I would still have gone with Miller, and I admit I’m biased.